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Serena Williams of The United States celebrates victory during her ladies singles first round match against Kurumi Nara of Japan during Day five of the 2019 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
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Serena Williams of The United States celebrates victory during her ladies singles first round match against Kurumi Nara of Japan during Day five of the 2019 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
America’s tennis great Serena Williams is no longer just an athlete with tremendous talent and power. Her diversified personality has grown into many verticals besides tennis. Apart from business, philanthropy, fashion and fitness, the American is an avid gamer. Recently, she revealed her love for the gaming console company Nintendo.
Everybody has a Nintendo story, and the 23 Grand Slam winner is no different. From playing all day long to receiving a scolding from her father, the 39 years-old American has done it all.
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“Found a tennis game and became excellent at it”: Serena Williams
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Serena Williams of The United States celebrates victory during the Ladies Singles second-round match against Christina McHale of the United States on day five of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1, 2016, in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Playing virtual games is a big part of creative and intelligent thinking. The 4-time Olympic Gold medal winner uses Nintendo to relax as well as to train and stay fit. When asked about her collaboration with Nintendo and when she started playing, she excitedly told her story.
Serena said, “I am a gamer. I’ve got my gamer chair that I am sitting in. I have been playing my whole life. I remember when we were little, we would love to play video games. We’d love to play Nintendo… We played ‘Super Mario Brothers,’” Serena described how her father would ask them to only play tennis and nothing else.
Similar to ordinary kids, the 7 times Wimbledon champion too tricked her father. “We found a video game on Nintendo that was a tennis game. And so, whenever he came home, we would quickly put that cartridge in and we would start playing tennis, and then we became excellent at it. It was so fun,” said the World No. 11.
“Gaming my whole life, especially with Nintendo”: Williams
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 10: Serena Williams of the United States celebrates winning her Ladies’ Singles Quarter-Finals match against Camila Giorgi of Italy on day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
2020 has allowed the world to sit back and get a perspective on life. While many took up some old and lost habits, Serena got into virtual gaming. She mentioned that even her 3-year-old daughter Olympia enjoys the game ‘Just Dance: 2021’.
“So, I’ve literally been gaming my whole life, especially with Nintendo. It’s a classic… I love playing Nintendo, it’s so crazy,” voiced the American.
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Williams is also training for the 2021 Australian Open, where she aims to win her 24 Grand Slam title. She won her last one at the same event at Melbourne Park in 2017.
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